Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-05-06


one hand on that pillar, and throw itself for
ward until down Will come the whole struct
ure, crushing the wOrshippers as grapes are
mashed in a wine-press
Then there are boys in establishments who
are utined-ih prosperous establishments
ruined by their lack Of compensation In how
many prosperous stores it has been for the
past twenty years that boys were given just
enough money to learn them TO steali Some
were seized by the police. TIE vast majority
Of instances were not known. The head Of
the firm asked: where is George nOwf' 20,
lie isn't here any more A lad might better
starve Ia death on blasted heath than take
one cent from his employer. Woe be TO that
employer who unnecessarily puts temptation
in IA hoy's way. There have been great
establishments in these cities building
millions, and millions, and millions, who
made vast amount of their estate out of the
blood, muscles, and nerves of half-paid
clerks. Such men aS-well. will not mention
any name. But I mean men who have gath
eres' up vast estates at the expense of the pep
pie who were ground under their heel. 90"
say such merchants ''if YOU don't like it here,
then go and get better place" As much as
TO say: 1--WE got you under my grip, and !
mean to hold you; you can't get any other
place. q, what a contrast we see between such
men and those Christian mercantS of Brook
lyn and New York who to day are sympathetic
with their clerks--when they pay the salary.
netting in this way: "This salary that ! give
you is not all my interest in yol You are
an immortal man; you are an immortal
woman; am interested in your present and
your everlasting welfare; | want you to
understand that, if | am a little higher up in
this store, am beside you in Christian
sympathy" Go back forty years TO Arthur
Tappens store in New York-a
man whose worst enemies never
questioned his honesty. Every morning, he
brought all tho clerks and the accountants
and the weighers into room for devotion.
They sang. They prayed They exhorted.
On Monday morning the clerks were asked
where they had attended church on the pre-
vious day, and what the sermons were about
1t must have sounded strangely, that
voice Of praise along the streets
where the devoteeS of mamnon
say, Arthur Happen failed. Yes, lie was UNI
fortunate, like great many good men; but
| understand he met all his obligations before
he left this world and know that he died in
the peace of the Gospel, and that he is before
the throne of God to-day-foreYer blessed If
that be failing, wish that you might all fail.
There are a great many young men i'll this
city-yea, in this housewife want Il word
of encouragement, Christian engagement.
to them tomorrow morning in their places of
business than present of fiGtytholsand dol
lars ten years hence Oh, / remember the
apprehension and the tremor of entering
profession | remember very well the man
who greeted Inc in the ecclesiastical court
with the tip ends of the long fingers of the left
hand; and remember the other man who took
my hand in both of his. and said: God
bless you, my brother; you have entered
olnripuc ypCfaSSiOu. la faithful n God mud
He will see you tn ough." Why, ! feel this
minute the thrill of that Misunderstanding,
though the man who gave me the Christian
grip has been in heaven twenty-five years
There are old men to-day who can look back
to forty years ago when some one said a kind
word to them. Now, old men, pay back
what you got then 1t is a great art for old
men to be able to encourage the young.
There are many young people in our cities
who have come from inland counties of our
own State-from the granite hills of the
North, from the SavannaS Of the South, from
the prairies OF the West They are here to
get their fortune, They are in boarding
houses where everybody seems to be
thinking of himself. They want COM
panionship, and they want Christian
encouragement. Give it to them Ny
word is to all clerks in this house: Be might
Ter than your temptations. A Sandwish ISL
Snder used to think when he slew an enemy,
all the strength of that enemy came into his
own right arm. And have to tell you that
every misfortune you conquer is so much
added to your moral power. With omnipo-
tence for lever, and the throne of God for a
fulcrum, you can move earth and heaven.
While there are other young men putting the
cup of sin to their lips, stOop down
and drink out Of the fountains of God, and
you will rise up strong to thresh the noun
tains. The ancienGS used to think that pearls
were fallen rain drops, which, touching the
surface of the sea- hardened into gems, then
dropped to the bottom. | have to tell you to-
day that storms of trial have showered i'm
perishabe pearl into many young mans lap.
Q, young man, while you have goods to sell,
remember you have a soul to save. In hos
ptal Christian captain, wounded few days
before, got delirious, and in the midnight
hour he Sprang out on the floor of the hospital,
thinking he was in the battle, crying: Come
on, boys! Forward! Charger All! he was
only battling the spectres of his own brain.
But it is no imaginary conflict into which
call you, young man, to-day. There are ten
thousand spiritual foes that would capture
You. In the name of God up and at them,
After the last store has been closed.
after the last bank has gone down, after the
shuttle OF the quick feet on the Custom House
steps has stopped, after the long line OF
merchantmen on the sea have taken sail OF
| flame, after Brooklyn. and New York, and
| London, and Vienna, have gone down in the
grave where Thabes and Babylon, and Tyre
| lie buried, after the great fire
bells of the JudgmentDay have tolled
at the burning Of a wor.d-on that day, all
the affairs of banking houses anu stores will
come up for inspection. ., what an opening
of account books! s ids by side, the clerks
and the men who employed them--the people
| who owned thread-and-needle stores on the
same footing with the Stewdrts, and the
Deanos, and the Abootts, and the Earrings
Every invoice made OFT - the labels Of
| goods-all certificates OF ayO,s--=,tl IS ) Z.
prices-all private marks OF the firm, now ex
| planned so everybody can understand them
| All the maps of cities that were never built
but in which lots were sold. All bargains
All gougings. All snap judgments. All fals(
entries All adulteration of liquors with cop
peras and strychnine. All mixing of teas
and sugars, and coffees, and syrups, witt
cheaper material. All embezzlements of trus
funds All swindles in COAL and iron, am
oil, and silver and Stocks. All Swartouts, anC
| Hu..Lngtons, and Ketchums On that day
when the cities of this world are smoking il
the last conhagratlon, the trial will &c
| on: and down in an avalanche of de
man or woman, insulted God anc
deed the judgment o, that will be a great
day for you, honest Chri stan clerk No get
ting up early; no retiring late; no walking
around with weary limbs; but mansion il
which to live, and realm of light, and love
and Joy over which to hold everlasting do
minion. Hoist him up from glory to glory
and from song to song and from
throne to throne; for while others go dow
into the sea with their gold like milestone hang
ing to their neck, this one shall come up tn
heights of amethyst and alabaSter holding il
his right hand the pearl Of great price in {
SPARKLING glitterin". flaming caskpr.
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